The political economy of destructive power
| Titel: | The political economy of destructive power / Mehrdad Vahabi |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2004 |
| Umfang: | XIII, 280 S. |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics | Vorliegende Ausgabe: | Online-Ausg.: 2004. - Online-Ressource. |
| ISBN: | 1845421728 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9781845421724 (Sekundärausgabe) |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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X
- List of figures and tables
- p. ix
- Preface
- p. x
- Acknowledgements
- p. xiv
- 1
- Three types of power
- p. 1
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Definitions of creative, destructive and moral power
- p. 2
- The separation of the three types of power as a historical process
- p. 10
- The embeddedness of the three types of power
- p. 19
- Conclusion
- p. 38
- 2
- The meaning of destructive power
- p. 40
- Introduction
- p. 40
- Destructive power and moralist theory
- p. 41
- Exogenous and endogenous destructive powers
- p. 44
- Individual and social self-destructive behaviour
- p. 47
- Destructive power and conflict theory
- p. 49
- Destructive power and political violence
- p. 57
- Destructive power and voice versus exit paradigm
- p. 88
- Conclusion
- p. 96
- 3
- The social nature of destructive power
- p. 98
- Introduction
- p. 98
- Destructive power and social order
- p. 101
- Destructive power and the enforcement of rules
- p. 123
- Destructive power and the change of rules
- p. 131
- Destructive power and communication
- p. 142
- Destructive power: public or private good
- p. 155
- Conclusion
- p. 159
- 4
- The value of destructive power
- p. 160
- Introduction
- p. 160
- The specificity of the value of destructive power compared to creative power
- p. 161
- Two different functions of destructive power
- p. 164
- The value of destructive power in its appropriative function
- p. 167
- The value of destructive power in its rule-producing function
- p. 184
- Conclusion
- p. 200
- 5
- Sources of destructive power
- p. 201
- Introduction
- p. 201
- Economic determinism and primacy of creative power
- p. 202
- Technology of destruction
- p. 204
- Commercialization and industrialization of destructive power
- p. 208
- Internal cohesion or assabiya
- p. 219
- Legitimacy and social alliances
- p. 222
- Organization
- p. 224
- Entrepreneurship
- p. 227
- Conclusion
- p. 229
- Notes
- p. 231
- Bibliography
- p. 253
- Index
- p. 270
